Journal box



D. S. BARROWS JOURNAL BOX Filed Ailg. g

A, 7 v g Patented June 12, 1923.

U N I T E S T l DONALD S. BAR-ROWSJOF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGN OR To THE H. SYMINGTGN I COMPANY, or'nnw YORK, N. Y.,

A CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

JOURNAL BOX.

' Applicationfiled August 21, 1922. Serial No. 583,212.

To'aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DONALD S. BAnnows, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Journal Boxes and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to ournal boxes and, generally stated, involves the provlsion of arenewablevwear plate or liner deta-chably connected to the journal box of a railway car and means for lubricating the pedestal guides. I. 1 V a The principal feature ofthe present invention, particularly stated, consists in providing awear plate adapted to be engaged by a portion of the journal box adjacent an oil or lubricating; conduit provided onthe journal box, andadapted to convey lubricating material to the wearingsurface of the plate. 1 V 1 Another objectof the invention is to provide in combination a journal box formed with a portion for conveying lubricating material to the Wearing surface of a renewable pedestal way liner, said liner being provided with a portion adapted to be engaged by the outeredge of said journal box portion for rendering the joint between said liner and journal box portion smooth and leak-proof against oil orother-lubricant finding its way between the back side I of the liner and the journal box wall.

The invention further consistsin the provision of a journal box renewable pedestal,

way liner which can be inexpensively manufactured and easily attached to a journal box adjacent an oiling cavity formed in said box.

There are other features of the invention as will more clearly appear from the detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a view in side elevation of a railway car, journal box showing my improved wear plate applied.

- Figure 2 is a vertical-sectional view on the line 22 of Figure 1, through one half of the journal box and oil reservoir at the top thereof, the other half being a duplicate of the construction shown, as will "be understood.

Figure 3 is a detail plan view of a portion of a journal box showing the liner applied. Figure l is a-detail vertical central sectional view through the upper portion of the journal box shown in Figure Figure 5 is a detail vertical sectional vie through the portion of the journal boxcone structed to convey the lubricating material from the reservoirto the wearing surface of the. liner, the liner being shown in attached position prior to the peening engagement of journal box portion the outer, edge of said with the liner.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 but showing the outer edge of the portion engaged with-the liner.v

Referring to the drawings in which similaryre'ference characters designate corresponding parts in the several views, a railway car journal box "1s lndlCfltGdbYlZllO nu-' j ournal box meral 1, said journal box being provided with a top wall 2 in which is formed the seat 3 adapted to receive the cushioning element,

and the usual bottom .wall 4. The top wall is provided with an oil reservoir 5, the oil or otherlubricant being, contained within said reservoir or cavity by means of the upstanding surrounding wall portion'6. In the form of-jo-urnalbox shown I have provided a plurality-of oil rese'rvoirs,one on each side of the cushioning element, at

thoughit will beunderstood that a singl'e reservoirniay be used in some constructions. Provided near or vat the-bottomof each reservoir, is an opening 7, said openingxbe ing provided with a wall portion 6 and an adjacent projection or boss 1 8 extending vfitted over the projections 8, as best shown preferably peened against the wear in Figure l. The openings 11 are each preferablyof slightly larger diameterthan the projectionsor bosses 8, thereby providing a relatively small surrounding space b tween the projection and the wear plate when the latter is first applied, as shown in Figure 5. This space is subsequently filled by causing the flange 10 to engage the wear plate by a peening, pressing, or other operation.

The flange 10 is preferably peened flush with the wearing surface of the liner, the outer face of the projection 8 surrounding the oil conduit 7 also being preferably flush with said wearing surface, as shown in Figure 6. By this construction the joint be tween the projection and the liner is rendered tight and all tendencies of the lubricant to find its way between the journal box and liner are prevented.

The wear plate is shown as formed with two openings ll, each of said openings being located relatively close to adjacent flan es 12 of the plate. In the type of j ournal box shown the lineris cut awayv intermediate said openings, as indicated by the numeral 13, so as to fit the journal box side wall beneath the offset portion therein provided for the clearance of the equalizer bar, not shown.

.Means for detachably connecting the wear plate to the journalbox includes the upper bendable extensions 14: forming tongues or tangs adapted to be bent over the upper edge of the wall portion, said tangs extending downwardly into the oil cavities and terminating near the openings 7. vA-bendable extension 15 is formed on the lower edge of the liner, said extension forming a tongue or tang adapted to be bent around the lower edge of the journal boxside wall, as shown. Other types of attaching means may be utilized, as will be understood.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that I have produced a comparatively simple and renewable liner plate or liner for a pedestal way and means for effectively lubricating the same in a direct and economical manner.

I claim:

1. The combination with a railway car journal box having a pedestal guide way and oil reservoir, of a wear plate or liner for said guide way, and means including a perforated-projection provided on the side wall of the journal boxadapted to engage the liner, the perforation serving to conduct lubricating material from said reservoir to the-wearing surface ofsaid wear plate.

2. The combination with a railway car journal box having a pedestal guide way, a reservoir adapted to receive lubricating material, of a wear plate for said guide way, andmeans including a portion of said journal box adapted to be fitted against said wear plate by peening, said portion servsaid liner and ing to establish communication between the reservoir and wearing surface of-the wear plate and form a tight joint to prevent the passage of the lubricant between the journal box and. wear plate.

communication between the reservoir and wearing surface of the wear plate, saidportion forming a relatively tight joint with the wear plate whereby any tendency of the lubricating material to find its way between the journal box and wear plate is prevented.

l. The combination with a railway car journal box having a pedestal guide way and a reservoir adapted to receive lubricating material, of a wear plate for said guide way, and means including a'portion of said journal box having a flange for engaging the wear plate, said flange being adapted to be moved against the wear plate 'for'forming a tight joint therewith, said -means also serving to establish communication between the-reservoir and wearing surface of the wear plate. j

r The combination with a railway car journal box having an oil reservoir, ofa wear liner provided with an opening, and means including a projection carried by the journal box and having an opening for establishing communication between said reservoir and the wearing surface of the liner, said projection 'being adapted to enter the opening. in the liner and having an outer edge portion arranged to form a relatively tight joint between'said opening in the liner and said projection;

6. "The combination with arailway'car journal box. havln an oil reservoir, of a wear liner provided with an opening, means for establishing communication between said reservoir and the -wearing surface of the llner, and means including a portion of the ournal box adapted to enter the opening in the linerto form a relatively tight joint therewith.

7.The combination with a railway car journal box having an oil reservoir, of a detachable liner provided with an opening, means including an openingin the wall of the journal box for establishing communication between'said reservoir and the wearing surface of ,the liner, and a projection surrounding said opening in the wall ofthe journal box and arranged-to enter theopening in the liner, saidproj-ection terminating flush with the-wearing surface of'theliner and having a portion adapted to engage form a tight joint therev 0- iii. V V I munication between said reservoir and the wearing surface of the liner, a projection adjacent the opening in the wall of the journal box arranged to enter the opemng in the liner, and a flanged portion on said projection adapted to be peened flush against the wearing surface of the liner.

-9. The combination with a railway car journal box having an oil reservoir, of a detacha-ble wear liner provided with-an open ing, means including an opening in the wall of the journal box for establishing communication between saidreservoir and the wearing surface of the liner, and a projection adjacent the opening in the wall of the journal box arranged to enter the opening in the liner, said projection having a por' tion adapted to be peened flush against the wearing surface of the liner and forma relatively tight joint therewith. I

10. The combination with a railway car journal box having an oil reservoir at the topthereof, of a wear plate provided with an opening at the top thereof, a projection on said journal box having an opening therein for establishing communication between the oil reservoir and the wearing surface of the wear plate, said projection extending through the opening in the wear plate and forming a relatively tight joint therewith. I j

11. The combination with a railway car journal box having a pedestal guide way and oil reservoir, of a wear plate provided with an opening, means for detachably con meeting said wear plate in said guide way,

said means including a bendable tongue adapted to engage the wall of said -reservoir, a projection on said journal boxrpro vided with an opening therethrough and discharging from the oil reservoir to the wearing surface of the wearplate, said projection extending through the opening in the wear plate and forming a relatively tight.

joint therewith.

ture.

DONALD s. BARROWS.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signa 

